In lots of African nations, there may be already a scarcity of the animals because of the expanding call for.

In China the skins are soaked and stewed to make gelatine, which is used to regard diseases comparable to anaemia.

Donkey meat could also be a well-liked meals, however an enormous drop within the choice of Chinese language donkeys and the truth that they’re sluggish to breed, has pressured providers to seem in different places.

Consequently campaigners have known as for a complete ban at the export of donkey hides to China.

Donkey industry – the information

1.8m skins are traded yearly – in keeping with estimates from UK-based charity The Donkey Sanctuary – however the call for is as prime as 10m

China’s donkey inhabitants dropped from 11m in 1990 to 3m in 2017, according to govt information

Ejiao, the gelatine produced by means of boiling donkey skins, can promote for as much as $388 (£300) in step with kilo